Maryland Senate Bill 141

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Passed on May 12 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-05-12 - Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to publicly communicate correct information; prohibiting a person from knowingly or with reckless disregard creating, using, or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information; etc.

Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes

Sen. Katie Hester [D]	Sen. Benjamin Brooks [D]	Sen. Brian Feldman [D]	Sen. Kevin Harris [D]
Sen. Cheryl Kagan [D]	Sen. Mary Washington [D]

2026-04-13 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 28 N: 4 NV: 15 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-13 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 85 N: 38 NV: 16 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-04-10 - House - Third Reading Passed (Y: 95 N: 35 NV: 9 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-02-12 - Senate - Third Reading Passed (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-12	Senate	Approved by the Governor - Chapter 444
2026-04-14	Senate	Passed Enrolled
2026-04-13	House	Third Reading Passed (85-38)
2026-04-13	House	Conference Committee Report {173226/1 Adopted
2026-04-13	Senate	Third Reading Passed (28-4)
2026-04-13	Senate	Conference Committee Report {173226/1 Adopted
2026-04-13	Senate	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
2026-04-13	Senate	House Refuses Recede
2026-04-13	House	House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Fair, Clippinger and Tomlinson)
2026-04-13	House	House Refuses Recede
2026-04-13	House	Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
2026-04-13	House	Senate Requests House Recede
2026-04-13	House	Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2026-04-13	Senate	Senate Conference Committee Appointed (Senators Hester, Watson and Gallion)
2026-04-13	Senate	Senate Requests House Recede
2026-04-13	Senate	Senate Refuses Concur House Amendments
2026-04-10	House	Third Reading Passed (95-35)
2026-04-09	House	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-04-09	House	Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate Fair) Adopted
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments {433522/1 Adopted
2026-04-09	House	Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-03-24	House	Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-02-13	House	Referred Government, Labor, and Elections
2026-02-12	Senate	Third Reading Passed (44-0)
2026-02-10	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-02-10	Senate	Floor Amendment {253621/1 (Senator Hester) Adopted
2026-02-05	Senate	Motion Special Order until 2/10 (Senator Hester) Adopted
2026-02-05	Senate	Motion Returned Second Reading (Senator Hester) Adopted
2026-02-03	Senate	Second Reading Passed with Amendments
2026-02-03	Senate	Favorable with Amendments {103824/1 Adopted
2026-02-02	Senate	Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
2026-01-14	Senate	Hearing 1/21 at 11:00 a.m.
2026-01-14	Senate	First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
2025-07-16	Senate	Pre-filed

HB145 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-10 - Referred Rules
SB361 (Carry Over) 2025-04-07 - Third Reading Passed (39-8)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	16	905	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	2	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0141?ys=2026RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0141f.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0141t.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/bills/sb/sb0141e.pdf
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/Chapters_noln/CH_444_sb0141e.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0141_10382401.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0141_25362101.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0141_43352201.pdf
Amendment	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/amds/bil_0001/sb0141_17322601.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0141_eee.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes_comm/sb0141_gvc.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/0100.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1365.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/House/1719.pdf
Roll Call	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2026RS/votes/Senate/1338.pdf